The kidney, a critical organ for waste filtration and fluid regulation, is the subject of a groundbreaking molecular mapping project that could reshape our understanding of renal health. Despite ...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 700 million people worldwide and is caused by genetic and environmental factors, as well as existing medical conditions. Known genetic risk factors for ...
In a quiet hospital room in Chongqing, China, a 68-year-old brain-dead man became part of a historic medical experiment—one ...
Photography: Steve Wood For the first time in a human, genetically modified pig kidneys provided “life-sustaining kidney function” during the course of a planned seven-day study — all while using ...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 700 million people worldwide and is caused by genetic and environmental factors, as well as existing medical conditions. Known genetic risk factors for ...
In a medical first, doctors have successfully transplanted a pig liver into a human patient, who subsequently lived for ...
Chinese and Canadian scientists report organ with blood type A converted to universal type O in donor-centric approach ...
The transplanted portion of the genetically modified pig liver was removed after 38 days, and the patient, who had advanced ...